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PSN Cards now available at Blockbuster

Oh, and because my wording might’ve been a bit confusing (we didn’t *practice* this, we just walked in!), you will of course be able to purchase WipEout HD normally via the PLAYSTATION Store. Now, there’s another option as well.

Dude that’s awesome. Now I can buy WarHawk and a bunch of clothes for Home!!! I hope they have them in my area around Christmas time. It would be great if they got this all sorted out before the Holidays :D

its would be so much easyer if u added a system where we pay tax in the store when buying a psn card and then we dont pay tax in the ps store.it makes a hell of alot more sence that way.as for people using credit card they would still have to by tax in the store.
this would then makes its easyer to

Finally, but sadly there isn’t any BlockBuster where I live. I will have to take the bus to get there :(
But I hope 711 get them soon.
Oh and you can’t buy WipeOut HD with a $20 dollar Playstation Card, you have to pay tax, and it will be over %20 :(

Jeff, thanks for looking into it. This problem is also prevalent in the PlayStation Network forums where I’ve been reading up on it as well. It’s kinda frustrating to see the cards after so long and not be able to come out of the store with an activated one. Thanks for the help and I hope we’ll be good to go soon.

They been around here for awile now. But I just wanted to say with PSN going the way it has been with movie rentals +Games. I think you guy’s are going to take Blockbuster out of business, and there even helping you!!!!LOL

For those who live in Canada > Quebec you can get a visa gift card in SuperC(a grocery store) and it works perfectly with the playstation store. visa gift card (bank citizens) < the brand
GO AND GET IT!

Hey Jeff, bit off topic but have you ever thought about doing an official PlayStation podcast a la Xbox Live’s Major Nelsons podcast? I’m sure you could get a ton of guests from 1st, 2nd and 3rd party developers and publishers. It would be awesome to hear what goes behind the PSN scenes from Eric Lempel or weekly Playstation Store updates from Grace Chen. Hell you can rip off the whole xbox 101 segment and inform your listeners about all of those wacky features the PS3 can do.

Good to hear tax is included in the price, I’m guessing BlockBuster doesn’t get too much money on each of those cards then.

And for anyone worried that they’d have to drop a $50 due to WipEout HD costing more than $20, relax, that is not the case. There’s never been tax added onto the PSN items because it is included in the final price! :D

I absolutely love Fall… but, as much as I love fall, I still sort of hate it, because I have to choose between so many awesome games and things… (UGH!) I just can’t buy them all… BUT, the SECOND after I pay off my reservations (One of them including the amazing LittleBig Planet!) I WILL GET A PSN CARD!

I know that I’ve been mentioning how I can’t buy things from the Playstation Store in every other post on here, but now I have nothing to complain about! (Thank God! I was started to annoy myself!)

Thank you SO much for this post, now I can stop complaining, and get out there and get a PSN Card!!!! :)

See there’s this Northern country called Canada you may have heard of it, we have giant ice spiders there (according to Kotaku) and I was wondering if this release includes Canada or will Canada be getting its own release sometime in the (hopefully) near future

Some that are wondering about sales tax, when I buy a PSN Card at Meijer, I have to pay my state 7% sales tax on it, so it turns out to $21.40 if I buy a $20 card. Since I live in Indiana, I do not get taxed on the PS Store.

To let everyone know, before you leave the store, make SURE your PSN Card was activated properly. When I buy them at Meijer, they scan the card, then swipe it to give it value (when it’s not swiped, it has no value). On the receipt, it should say 20.00A or 50.00A, meaning the card was activated properly.

Also, if someone buys a card, and it says “invalid card” on the PS Store, I recommend clearing the cache and cookies on the internet browser (PS3 or PC). I had that problem with the first PSN Card I bought due to previous redeeming code info being stored, but once I cleared it, it worked just fine. I made it a habit to go through the steps every time I buy a PSN Card.

Hey Jeff, did anyone greet you on your way in? I can’t get by the front area without an employee greeting me. Good job “ninja”ing your way in to the pre-paid card section. :-D
Really good to see the PSN cards out in the wild though. Blockbuster is going to get a ton of business with those things.

Finally, now I can get all the map packs, Network games like Quest 4 Booty, Fat Princess, Wipeout, and the like. My question is will nationwide by the week. Thanks Sony, better late than never.PSN Cards check 1 down, Home, Life w/ Playstation, and firmware update that let you put your own music in games, 3 to go!!!! Keep it up Sony, we still have faith in you that we still have the best console and you still will deliver all your promises!!!!!!!!!!!!